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grooming
groom G0277100 (gro͞om, gro͝om)n.1. A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.2. A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.3. One of several officers in an English royal household.4. Archaic a. A man.b. A male servant.v. groomed, groom·ing, grooms v.tr.1. To care for the appearance of; to make neat and trim: groomed himself carefully in front of the mirror.2. To clean and brush (an animal).3. To remove dirt and parasites from the skin, fur, or feathers of (another animal).4. To prepare, as for a specific position or purpose: groom an employee for advancement.5. Sports To prepare (terrain) for participants in a sport, as by packing down new snow and leveling moguls for skiers.v.intr. To care for one's appearance.
[Middle English grom. N., sense 2, short for bridegroom.]
groom′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  grooming - activity leading to skilled behaviortraining, preparationactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"athletic training - the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athletediscipline - training to improve strength or self-controldrill - (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of armspractice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"military training - training soldiers in military proceduresretraining - training for a new occupationschooling - the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)skull practice, skull session - teaching strategy to an athletic teamtoilet training - training a young child to use the toilet | | 2. | grooming - the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothesdressingcovering - the act of protecting something by covering itinvestment - the act of putting on robes or vestmentsprimping - careful or finicky grooming; "the primping alone took more than an hour"toilette, toilet - the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast" |
Translationsgrooming
groomingCombining, consolidating and segregating network traffic using devices such as digital cross-connects, add/drop multiplexers and SONET switches. Grooming is a telephone term that typically refers to managing high-capacity lines between central offices, carriers, ISPs and very large corporations rather than subscriber lines (local loops). See digital cross-connect and add/drop multiplexer.grooming
Related to grooming: Child grooming, Personal groominggrooming the winnning of the confidence of a victim in order to commit a sexual assault on him or her, now a specific criminal offence. Although the most well-known stories are about the use of e-mail or chat rooms the offence may be committed by communication using any means and may be initiated from anywhere in the world. A person (A) aged 18 or over commits an offence if having met or communicated with another person (B) on at least two earlier occasions, he: - (i) intentionally meets B; or
- (ii) travels with the intention of meeting B in any part of the world;
- (iii) at the time, he intends to do anything to or in respect of B, during or after the meeting and in any part of the world, which if done will involve the commission by A of a relevant offence;
- (iv) B is under 16:
- (v) A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over.
grooming
Related to grooming: Child grooming, Personal groomingSynonyms for groomingnoun activity leading to skilled behaviorSynonymsRelated Words- activity
- athletic training
- discipline
- drill
- practice session
- practice
- exercise
- recitation
- military training
- retraining
- schooling
- skull practice
- skull session
- toilet training
noun the activity of getting dressedSynonymsRelated Words- covering
- investment
- primping
- toilette
- toilet
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